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Erica T. Dubno represents individuals and corporations in all stages of criminal and civil proceedings, including white-collar criminal defense, free speech matters, and administrative hearings. She has drafted criminal and civil appeals in the federal Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States, New York’s Court of Appeals, and the Connecticut Supreme Court. Ms. Dubno was selected as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Dubno practiced with legal legend Herald Price Fahringer for 20 years.
Ms. Dubno graduated with honors from Oberlin College. She then worked for Shearman & Sterling LLP, before attending Brooklyn Law School, from which she earned a J.D. in 1994. Ms. Dubno, who has received awards for her appellate advocacy, joined the firm of Lipsitz Green Fahringer Roll Salisbury & Cambria LLP at its New York City office in 1995. She subsequently became a member of Fahringer & Dubno Herald Price Fahringer PLLC.
As a faculty member of Lawline.com, Ms. Dubno presents Continuing Legal Education classes on topics including “Supreme Court Update”, “Winning Your Case Before Trial”, “The Use of Demonstrative Evidence to Achieve a Successful Outcome”, “The Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel”, “The First Amendment: Defamation on the Internet”, “10 Techniques for Getting Your Case to the Highest Court”, “Sentencing: Making the Best of a Bad Situation”, “Legal Writing Skills and Techniques”, “Federal Jury Practice”, and “SCOTUS Review: Spotlight on the Shadow Docket.” She has taught for the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, the Rockland County Bar Association, and the Suffolk County Bar Association. Ms. Dubno has judged the National Moot Court Competition, the Yale Mock Trial Association Invitational, the Princeton Mock Trial Regional Tournament, the Rutgers Scarlet Knight Mock Trial Invitational, and Cardozo Law School’s Monrad G. Paulsen Moot Court Competition. In addition, Ms. Dubno has lectured at Fordham Law School, Nassau Community College, the University of Wyoming, the Monroe College Summer Law for High School Students program, the Village of Westbury, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (“NARSOL”) Litigation Summit, and the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.
Ms. Dubno is admitted to the Bars of New York, New Jersey, and Arizona. She is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the federal Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, and the District of Arizona.
November 16, 2022 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (New York City Bar Association, New York, New York) |
November 7, 2022 | Judge for the Monrad G. Paulsen Moot Court Competition (Cardozo Law School, New York, New York) |
August 16, 2022 | SCOTUS Review: Spotlight on the Shadow Docket (LAWLINE) |
November 13, 2021 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (Zoom) |
November 6, 2021 | Judge for the Rutgers Scarlet Knight Mock Trial Invitational (Zoom) |
October 15, 2021 | Abortion 2021 – Wading into the Roe Quagmire (LAWLINE) |
October 6, 2021 | Criminal Law Update 2019-2021 for the New York State Bar Association (Zoom) |
July 23, 2021 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Review 2021: Civil Law (LAWLINE) |
July 15, 2021 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Review 2021: Criminal Law (LAWLINE) |
March 20, 2021 | Judge for the American Mock Trial Association’s Princeton Opening Round Championship Series (Zoom) |
February 19, 2021 | The Prosecution and Defense of Physicians in Civil and Criminal Opioid Death Cases for the American Bar Association’s Virtual Midyear Meeting (Zoom) |
February 2, 2021 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (Zoom) |
November 21, 2020 | Judge for the Rutgers Scarlet Knight Mock Trial Invitational (Zoom) |
November 19, 2020 | Burden Shifting Laws — Speaker for the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (“NARSOL”) Litigation Summit (Zoom) |
November 14, 2020 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (Zoom) |
September 25, 2020 | Supreme Court Review 2020: LGBT Workplace Discrimination (LAWLINE) |
May 28, 2020 | Legal Writing Skills and Techniques (Update) (LAWLINE) |
February 12, 2020 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (New York City Bar Association, New York, New York) |
February 3, 2020 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2020: Constitutional and Civil Liberties (LAWLINE) |
February 3, 2020 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2020: Criminal and Immigration Law (LAWLINE) |
December 7, 2019 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (New Haven, Connecticut) |
November 22, 2019 | Supreme Court Review 2019: American Legion v. American Humanist Association (LAWLINE) |
October 29, 2019 | Criminal Law Update 2018-2019 (New York State Bar Association, Albany, New York) |
September 17, 2019 | Immigration and the First Amendment — Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Constitution Day Program (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
May 1, 2019 | Obscenity: Do You Know It When You See It? — Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Law Day Program (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
January 30, 2019 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (New York City Bar Association, New York, New York) |
January 29, 2019 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2019: Civil (LAWLINE) |
January 29, 2019 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2019: Criminal (LAWLINE) |
December 1, 2018 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (New Haven, Connecticut) |
November 27, 2018 | Supreme Court Review 2018: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (LAWLINE) |
October 17, 2018 | Criminal Law Update 2017-2018 (New York State Bar Association, New York, New York) |
October 11, 2018 | Criminal Law Update 2017-2018 (New York State Bar Association, Albany, New York) |
September 12, 2018 | Women in the Supreme Court — Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Constitution Day Program with Dean Michael Simons of St. John’s University School of Law, Hon. Thomas F. Liotti, and others (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
May 9, 2018 | Supreme Court Review (Suffolk County Bar Association, Hauppauge, New York) |
April 13, 2018 | Obscenity & Free Speech (University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming) |
February 24, 2018 | Judge for the Princeton Mock Trial Regional Tournament (Princeton, New Jersey) |
January 30, 2018 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2018 (LAWLINE) |
January 25, 2018 | Update on Constitutional Issues and Zoning — Speaker and panel member for “Law & Disorder: What’s Ahead in 2018” Seminar at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
December 2, 2017 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (New Haven, Connecticut) |
November 13, 2017 | Criminal Law Update 2016-2017 (New York State Bar Association, Albany, New York) |
October 24, 2017 | Criminal Law Update 2016-2017 (New York State Bar Association, New York, New York) |
September 19, 2017 | Free Speech Under the First Amendment and New York State Constitution — Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Constitution Day Program with Justice Jerald S. Carter, Hon. Thomas F. Liotti, and others (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
September 12, 2017 | Supreme Court Review 2017: Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer (LAWLINE) |
May 1, 2017 | Judicial Review and the Fourteenth Amendment — Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Law Day Program with Dean Michael Simons of St. John’s University School of Law, Hon. Thomas F. Liotti, and others (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
January 31, 2017 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (New York City Bar Association, New York, New York) |
January 20, 2017 | Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) Preview 2017 (LAWLINE) |
December 18, 2016 | The Art of Legal Writing (LAWLINE at New York Law School) |
December 4, 2016 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (New Haven, Connecticut) |
November 2, 2016 | Criminal Law Update 2015-2016 (New York State Bar Association, New York, New York) |
October 31, 2016 | Criminal Law Update 2015-2016 (New York State Bar Association, Albany, New York) |
October 17, 2016 | Miranda v. Arizona and its Legacy on its 50th Anniversary (LAWLINE) |
September 26, 2016 | Dietz v. Bouldin: A Critical Decision Regarding Federal Jury Practice (LAWLINE) |
September 20, 2016 | Alexander Hamilton and the First Amendment—Lecture for the Village of Westbury’s Constitution Day Program with Dean Michael Simons of St. John’s University School of Law, Hon. Thomas F. Liotti, Assemblyman Michael A. Montesano and others (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
April 28, 2016 | Torturing Miranda—Lecture on the 50th anniversary of Miranda v. Arizona for the Village of Westbury’s Law Day Program with Dean Michael Simons of St. John’s University School of Law, Hon. Thomas F. Liotti and Martin Tankleff (exonerated defendant) (Westbury Village Justice Court, Westbury, New York) |
February 9, 2016 | Judge for the National Moot Court Competition (New York City Bar Association, New York, New York) |
December 20, 2015 | Legal Writing Skills and Techniques (LAWLINE at New York Law School) |
December 6, 2015 | Judge for the Yale Mock Trial Association’s Yale Invitational (New Haven, Connecticut) |
November 20, 2015 | Criminal Law Update 2014-2015 (New York State Bar Association, New York, New York) |
November 17, 2015 | Legal Writing and Appellate Practice (Guest lecturer, Nassau Community College, Law 2.0 class, Garden City, New York) |
October 28, 2015 | Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Lawyering (LAWLINE) |
November 12, 2014 | Winning Your Case Before Trial (Rockland County Bar Association, Congers, New York) |
July 22, 2014 | Winning Your Case Before Trial (LAWLINE) |
November 7, 2013 | Gideon v. Wainwright: History and Consequences for Today (Rockland County Bar Association, New City, New York) |
October 3, 2013 | Opening Statements and Closing Arguments — Seminar on Advanced Trial Techniques with Hon. Douglas McKeon, Administrative Judge of Bronx County, (Fordham Law School, Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center, New York, New York) |
January 23, 2013 | The First Amendment and the Internet for Students (Explore Charter School, Brooklyn, New York) |
November 15, 2012 | 50th Anniversary Tribute to Gideon v. Wainwright: The Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel (LAWLINE) |
October 16, 2012 | Appellate Practice : Brief Writing and Oral Argument from Both Sides of the Bench — with Hon. Mark C. Dillon of the Appellate Division, Second Department (Rockland County Bar Association, Nanuet, New York) |
June 26, 2012 | 10 Techniques for Getting Your Case to the Highest Court (LAWLINE) |
October 27, 2011 | “I Object!” Losing the Battle but Winning the War: The Role of Trial Counsel in Prevailing on Appeal (Rockland County Bar Association, New City, New York) |
March 24, 2011 | The Art of Written Persuasion (New York County Lawyers’ Association, New York, New York) |
October 26, 2010 | Swinging for the Fence: Being Distinctive (Rockland County Bar Association, New City, New York) |
August 19, 2010 | Legal Issues Relating to the Internet and Cyber Bullying (Monroe College Summer Law Intensive, New Rochelle, New York) |
August 10, 2010 | The Art of Persuasion (New York County Lawyers’ Association, New York, New York) |
June 24, 2010 | The Use of Demonstrative Evidence to Achieve a Successful Outcome (LAWLINE) |
January 28, 2010 | Free Speech and the Internet (Rockland County Bar Association, New City, New York) |
October 22, 2009 | Sentencing: Making the Best of a Bad Situation (LAWLINE) |
April 6, 2009 | The First Amendment: Defamation on the Internet (LAWLINE) |
February 19, 2009 | Libel, Defamation and the Internet (Fordham University, Graduate School, Communications class, Bronx, New York) |
August 20, 2008 | Handling a Case in the United States Supreme Court (Monroe College Summer Law Intensive, New Rochelle, New York) |
April 8, 2008 | Writing for Lawyers (New York County Lawyers’ Association, New York, New York) |
March 10, 2008 | The Basics of Legal Writing (LAWLINE) |
December 20, 2005 | Legal Writing Skills and Techniques (LAWLINE at New York Law School) |
October 19, 2005 | The Art of Persuasion (Rockland County Bar Association, New City, New York) |